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Updated April 14, 2026 · 12:45 PM UTC

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Scams

Crypto trader loses $2.5 million USDT after falling for address poisoning scam twice

Address poisoning scams continue to exploit user error, resulting in multimillion-dollar losses for crypto traders.

11 months ago

Memecoins

Creator of over 100 memecoins says rug pulls are the ‘easiest way to make money’

Sahil Arora said that it’s better to get rugged by him, who has ‘track record’ of success, than a random person.

11 months ago

Crime

Jan 2024 SEC’s X account hacker got 14 months in prison for cyber fraud

The convicted had helped co-conspirators hack the SEC’s X account to post fake news of much anticipated spot BTC ETF approval.

11 months ago

Scams

How an insider-led breach sparked a costly scam at Coinbase

Amid the recently revealed Coinbase data breach incident, Wang explained how exploiters used a social engineering scam to profit $7 million.

11 months ago

Scams

ZachXBT reveals Coinbase users lost another $45M in a week to ongoing social engineering scams

The latest attacks add to a series of social engineering scams targeting Coinbase over the past year.

12 months ago

Scams

FBI reports $9.3 billion in US targeted crypto scams as elderly hit hardest

Older Americans fell victim to crypto scams, losing over $2.8 billion in 2024, a rate quadruple that of other online frauds.

12 months ago

Hacks

XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys

A user named “mukulljangid” published five new versions of the XRPL package for developers, all containing a malware to steal private keys.

12 months ago

Crime

Phishing scammers now exploiting Google’s infrastructure to target crypto users

Google had reportedly dismissed the vulnerability as a non-security issue.

1 year ago

Crime

Nigerian investors blindsided by massive CBEX Ponzi scheme

CBEX collapse highlights how Ponzi schemes exploit vulnerable investors with false promises of wealth.

1 year ago

Coinbase users lose $46 million to social engineering scams in March – ZachXBT

Scams 1 year ago

The LIBRA playbook: How centralized power hijacks Web3’s future

Contributor Web3 1 year ago

Safemoon executive pleads guilty in $200M fraud case as project pivots to memecoin strategy

Tokenization 1 year ago

Rising ‘share-seed-phrase’ scam targets crypto holders, Binance CEO warns

Exchanges 1 year ago

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Scams news today

Crypto trader loses $2.5 million USDT after falling for address poisoning scam twice

Creator of over 100 memecoins says rug pulls are the ‘easiest way to make money’

Jan 2024 SEC’s X account hacker got 14 months in prison for cyber fraud

How an insider-led breach sparked a costly scam at Coinbase

ZachXBT reveals Coinbase users lost another $45M in a week to ongoing social engineering scams

FBI reports $9.3 billion in US targeted crypto scams as elderly hit hardest

XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys

Phishing scammers now exploiting Google’s infrastructure to target crypto users

Nigerian investors blindsided by massive CBEX Ponzi scheme

Coinbase users lose $46 million to social engineering scams in March – ZachXBT

The LIBRA playbook: How centralized power hijacks Web3’s future

Safemoon executive pleads guilty in $200M fraud case as project pivots to memecoin strategy

Rising ‘share-seed-phrase’ scam targets crypto holders, Binance CEO warns

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